Cannabis advocates in Oklahoma have drafted a constitutional amendment to legalize cannabis for adults 21 and older, the Oklahoman reports. Oklahomans for Responsible Cannabis (ORCA) filed the proposal last week. If no legal challenge emerges, the campaign must collect at least 172,993 valid signatures from registered Oklahoma voters to get the question on ballots.
The proposal would preserve the state’s existing medical cannabis framework and would exempt medical cannabis purchases from the proposed 10% excise tax on adult-use cannabis purchases. Current medical cannabis patients who retain their patient status would also no longer have to pay the current 7% tax on medical cannabis purchases.
The draft includes protection for cannabis consumers for housing, healthcare, employment, public benefits, education, firearm possession, and financial services. It also includes language around impairment testing for drivers.
“The mere presence of THC metabolites in a person’s blood, urine, hair, hair follicle, or other body fluids or tissues carries no evidentiary weight with regards to current impairment or intoxication. No test which identifies the presence of THC metabolites in a person’s blood, urine, hair, hair follicle, or other body fluids or tissues shall be used as evidence of